Managing Pain in Older Adults

All sessions are listed in Central Time (CT). 

Symposia

  • Date:
  • Time: -
  • Track: Clinical Practice
  • CME/CE: 1.0

Moderator: Cary Reid, MD, PhD

This symposium is designed to provide primary care practitioners with up-to-date, evidence-based information on pain management in older adults, including commonly encountered non-pain symptoms such as fatigue and anorexia. Learning Objectives: (1) review benefits and risks of non-opioid pharmacologic management of chronic pain in older adults; (2) review benefits and risks of opioid pharmacologic management of chronic pain in older adults; and (3) discuss management of non-pain symptoms.

Non-Opioid Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Pain 
Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH, AGSF, FAAHPM, FACP
Opioid Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Pain 
Cary Reid, MD, PhD